Ahhh, like you, I cannot stay off the scale even if I am bloated and know it will be a gain! But I'm sure that water weight will be gone in time for your meeting and I can't wait to hear your exciting report!

I second this. You provide so much wisdom. I love reading your posts. They always give me something insightful to think about. Congratulations on your loss! What a victory!

Congratulations on your weight loss! I also noticed that you had updated your ticker so I was really excited for you getting close to 299 soon!

And even the best of us have to deal with water retention so just hang in there and try not to let it bother you. Oh, and I definitely get the point of not wanting to see a number again even when it's just TOM water retention.

I'm also someone who is losing slowly but "easily" this time around. I really feel like doing that mental switch has helped me significantly when it comes to weight loss this time around and that it will stick.

Me too!! Me too!! Yay!!!


And this!!!

You are such an inspiration to me.

Thanks everybody, the encouragement is exactly what I needed. I know I could never succeed without the support I get here and at TOPS. I am not someone who can do it on their own.

To be honest, I think a lot of people need a lot of support, and more people might succeed if they didn't feel there was something wrong with needing this much help.

There's still a stigma about needing help where weight loss is concerned, we're taught (I think) to at least try it on our own a few hundred times before we seek help...

Maybe if reaching out for help were the first step instead of a last resort, obesity wouldn't be such a widespread problem.



Oh, and I've already got virtually all of the water weight off. My scale is reading 304.2, and it's 2 lbs heavier than the TOPS scale, so I'm pretty sure I'll not have a gain tomorrow at TOPS and might even have a small loss (that would be awesome, but my body doesn't often pull consecutive losses).


Ordinarily I don't let fluctations bother me at all, even when they're huge TOM 8 to 10 lb gains, but I have to admit that getting to break the 300 mark is such a HUGE deal for me, that I'm getting impatient. Not impatient enough to do anything stupid, but on pins and needles, nonetheless.

You're so close!! I am also a kaplods stalker, haha....looking forward to you moving into the 200's!!

I'm a kaplods stalker too!

I think it's impossible not to feel a little impatience when you get close to a milestone. It's like going on a road trip and being all excited to go from Louisiana to Texas or whatever--you're all, "WHEE! New state! " and even if the landscape stays the same, it's when you pass that sign that you really feel like you've traveled.

I know you will do it. That "Now Entering..." sign is on the horizon and it will soon be in your rear-view mirror!

Me too! I only saw this thread bc I was browsing all her recent posts, making sure I hadn't missed any of her well-written words of wisdom!


Congratulations! I am so happy for you!!! You rock!

Maybe I should stalk myself to suck up some of the wisdom I've apparently been leaking (Ooh, icky mental image there).

I like the road trip analogy (Are we there yet? Not quite!)

I am so, so, so close to breaking 300!

I actually did get to see 299.75 on the gym scale today (it's a balance scale, so it could be right), but my home scale is reading 300.2

So, so close!

I've done really well this month. This has been my most rapid weight loss since starting this journey six or seven years ago. I know why, it's because I've been having a great summer health, stamina, and pain wise (knock on wood), so I've been able to do more.

I'm so excited for you kaplods!! You're doing amazing and it's really paying off. I think you're such a great example of slow & steady wins the race. You really are inspirational. So thank you & good luck! xoxo

For getting even closer! Good luck and you will see that elusive 2 eventually.

I'm glad to hear your stamina is high, I wonder if that isn't also from all the weight loss?

No doubt weight loss is a part, but it's been very obvious from the pattern of weight loss and health improvement, that the weight loss isn't causing the health improvements nearly as much as the healthier habits are causing both the health improvements and the weight loss.

It's why I think it's so important to tell people, "even if you are convinced you can't lose weight, you can still benefit from healthy activity and diet changes."

For me it was key to lose weight by not trying to lose the weight, but by choosing habits that would improve my health even if I didn't lose.

I'm willing to focus more energy on losing weight, but I still always have to remember my true priority, because when I make it about numbers, I lose sight of what I'm really fighting for.

*stalks stalks stalks* OMG YOU'RE RIGHT AT 300!

Kaplods, HUGE congrats your way! I am very excited for you. I have read many times your detailed description of your life-long struggle with your weight and I am truly very happy for you.
You go girl!!!!!